Class Information

  • Class 1 – Date: Wednesday 10/07/20 – In class presentations continued.
    See Topic, Class 1 below. Zoom video chat from 2:30-5PM.
  • Class 2 – Date Friday 10/09/20 – In class presentations – Design Development (First Draft of Poster) See Topic, Class 2 below. Zoom video chat from 2:30-4:30PM. Complete ‘Activities’ with related dates.
  • Meeting Information: Details for how to join the Zoom call will be emailed to you. Please email me if you do not receive this information.

Announcements

  • NEXT: NYT Internship Orientation (Weds 10/20/20 1-2PM) Representatives from The New York Times Campus Recruitment team and Product Design share advice and answer questions about beginning a career in design. Details will be posted soon.

Topic & Agenda

Class 1 – In class presentations (Weds 10/07/20):

  1. If you did not present your Concept Development: sketches and mind-map last week, please plan to share them today. >>>Activities/Projects&Assignments/Assignment4 . Create a new blog post showcasing your work (you can also create a blog post with a link to your work saved into the class Dropbox folder: Assignment4-Concept Development)
  2. Production Day – Campaign Development>> (First Draft of Poster) Activities/Projects&Assignments/Assignment5.
  3. See Final Project Grading Rubric Check List:
COMD2400-GradingRubricDownload

Class 2 – In class presentations (Friday 10/09/20):

  1. DUE: Weds 10/09/20: Project1 – Campaign Development (First Draft of Poster)>> Activities/Projects&Assignments/Assignment5 for the Get Out the Vote Campaign. Create a new blog post showcasing your work (you can also create a blog post with a link to your work saved into the class Dropbox folder: Assignment5-Campaign Development)
  2. Designer Presentation: Rocco Picatello by Florence Litchmore-Smith

Activities

  1. Sign Up if you have not already done so. Each of you will be asked to create a five-ten minute presentation of a noted designer: >>Activities/Projects&Assignments/Assignment3
  2. Create a post to the blog and upload all of your sketches as jepgs. (For details about how to create a post and upload images to this site see instructions in the OpenLab help sections: Writing a Post, Adding a link to a post, and Adding Images. Make sure you categorize your post under ‘Student Posts/ Assignment Posts’ and tag ‘Assignment4’) If possible number your sketches and add any details about your sketches that are important to understand.
  3. Browse through everyone’s sketches and offer comments on at least two classmates sketches.
  4. ‘Hey Whipple, Squeeze This’ – Read Chapter 3
  5. Thank you for the presentation Florence! Please view the work of Rocco Piscatello >> https://posterworks.piscatello.com/#posters
  1. Watch: Massimo and Lella Vingnelli:

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